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1 | Snatch? | Hebrews | jg8ball | 1197 | ||
Thank you for your interpretation. I've been using the NIV bible which states it differently. I would like to know what version you are refering to so that I can read it in context as you are. The NIV says "If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ..." I interpret "escaping the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord" as being saved. That's the only way I know to escape the corruption of the world. The KJV says it similarly "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning." And the same for NASB - "For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first." I do agree with you though that one can know Christ but not Know Christ. I don't think that people that just know who Jesus is (and maybe even try and act as he did) could escape the corruption of the world. Only if you were saved could be free from the corruption of the world. If you turn back to the ways of the world and renounce your salvation, then you no longer have that guarantee. |
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2 | Snatch? | Hebrews | Xapis | 1203 | ||
Well, I did a word study on the word knowledge, since it would seem like a key to understanding the verse. One could make a point that the word doesn't necessarily mean experiential knowledge, but it would be weak. I can't in clear conscience say that the word doesn't mean what it looks like. But, let me add these thoughts. 1. There seems to be a parallel here to what Jesus said about driving out a demon and not filling the place, but sweeping it clean and the demon returns and brings with him seven demons that are worse. 2. Since I am sealed with the Holy Spirit, and He cannot deny Himself, it would seem difficult at best for me to renounce Christ, when his alter-ego is sealed in me. 3. God promised to finish the work that He started because he is faithful. 4. Paul seemed to deal with Christians that went astray. Leaving the flesh to be destroyed, with the confidence that the spirit would be saved. To sum up: God is faithful when we are not, He knew we would fall. God has a plan for when we won't listen, and being turned over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh sounds like a worse state to me. The Holy Spirit cannot deny Himself, so we can't casually walk away from God. We would have to tear ourselves free from the greatest force on earth, the force that kept Jesus on the cross, God's incredible love. I believe that as a believer, we are secure in the love of God, we have a holy and righteous fear of God, and we know in the depths of our being that God is the answer to all of our needs, and therefore choosing to leave is not even a possibility to the redeemed, to those that have been changed from the inside out. |
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3 | Snatch? | Hebrews | jg8ball | 1206 | ||
I think the key is the phrase "Escaping the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ" not just a word. You can't just pull a word out and call that the key to understaning the meaning. You have to look at the whole thought. | ||||||